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San Diego Coastkeeper is an environmental 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization that advocates for clean water throughout San Diego County. Coastkeeper is San Diego's official agency of the international Waterkeeper Alliance, which works to protect the world's waterways. It has used educational opportunities in schools, volunteer beach cleanups ...
San Diego officially became part of the U.S. in 1848, and the town was named the county seat of San Diego County when California was granted statehood in 1850. It remained a very small town for several decades, but grew rapidly after 1880 due to development and the establishment of multiple military facilities.
Arthur Willard Davis (June 6, 1942 – January 13, 2023) was an American Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the Cleveland Indians from 1965 to 1966 and the San Diego Padres in 1969. Due to his imposing 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), 215 lb (98 kg) frame, Davis was nicknamed the "Jolly Green Giant". He batted and threw left-handed, and ...
Alma mater. San Jose State University. James Thomas Beall Jr. (born December 7, 1951) is an American politician who served in the California State Senate from 2012 to 2020. A Democrat, he represented the 15th Senate District, which encompasses the South Bay and Silicon Valley . Prior to being elected to the State Senate in 2012, Beall served as ...
Jacobs Medical Center. / 32.877703; -117.226499. Jacobs Medical Center is a teaching hospital on the University of California, San Diego campus in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego. Along with the UC San Diego Medical Center, Hillcrest, it serves as a flagship hospital of UC San Diego Health and the primary teaching hospital for the UC San ...
Life. Bill Swank was born in Chicago on June 17, 1940, to parents William George Swank and Estelle Jensen Swank. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from San Diego State College in 1962. He was a Supervising Probation Officer for the County of San Diego from 1963–1994. He has three children and two grandsons.
Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá ( Spanish: Misión San Diego de Alcalá) was the second Franciscan founded mission in The Californias (after San Fernando de Velicata ), a province of New Spain. Located in present-day San Diego, California, it was founded on July 16, 1769, by Spanish friar Junípero Serra, in an area long inhabited by the ...
Carmel Valley, San Diego. / 32.9436607; -117.2088167. Carmel Valley is a suburban planned community in the northwestern corner of San Diego, California, United States. [2] The community is composed of commercial offices, residential units, hotels, retail stores and restaurants.